Harbhajan in slapping row

At the end of Mumbai's third match against Kings XI Punjab, Harbhajan lost his cool when Sreesanth shook hands with him and apparently said "hard luck". Sreesanth received a blow across the face and burst into tears almost immediately.

Who said what?

"This is really an ugly incident. You do not want to see such things off the field specially after such a win. I am pretty upset at what has happened. This is totally unacceptable." -Yuvraj Singh

"Bhajji is like an elder brother and I have forgiven him." -Sreesanth

"It's important to understand that here (at IPL), players play for the team not just for the sake of it. It just goes to show that they take it to heart and want to win. However, they have pledged the MCC Spirit of Cricket and you can't assault another player. You just can't cross the line" -Lalit Modi

"If the players are taking this tournament lightly, it's time they realised it is serious cricket... when the board stands behind its players, it doesn't mean it will tolerate any nonsense." Ratnakar Shetty has another dig

"I hope the authorities check the actual sequence of events rather than just what the footage shows. It's a lot like what happened between Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi. What Zidane did was wrong, but Materazzi also was not completely in the right" MS Dhoni writing in his column for the Hindustan Times

"We are not going to sweep things under the carpet." -Match Referee Farookh Engineer

"The footage clearly shows Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth, and that too without any provocation." An insider who saw the television footage

Where it stands now?

Harbhajan has admitted to hitting Sreesanth and is likely to plead guilty. Match referee Farookh Engineer will adjudicate a hearing to take place on Monday at 5-star hotel in New Delhi. If found guilty Harbhajan faces a minimum ban of 10 games in the IPL. Engineer has promised a fair trial and Harbhajan could even be banned for 5Tests or 10 ODIs.